External Hard Drive

MT01XP

MT01XP

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I'm looking for a 500Gb External Hard Drive with USB2 and eSATA, firewire not necessary, definitely not a Maxtor, so it looks like Seagate FreeAgent Pro 500GB or Western Digital MyBook Home. Does any one have any experience of either of these two?

I like the idea of the 5 year Seagate warranty, though I have heard mixed reviews about the FreeAgent. The MyBook has only a 3 year warranty if I'm correct.

Any suggestions?
 
Seagate own Maxtor... I just bought a DiamondMax 22 and to all intents and purposes it's a Barracuda 7200.11 for less money.
 
MT01XP said:
I'm looking for a 500Gb External Hard Drive with USB2 and eSATA, firewire not necessary, definitely not a Maxtor, so it looks like Seagate FreeAgent Pro 500GB or Western Digital MyBook Home. Does any one have any experience of either of these two?

I like the idea of the 5 year Seagate warranty, though I have heard mixed reviews about the FreeAgent. The MyBook has only a 3 year warranty if I'm correct.

Any suggestions?
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I was looking at maybe getting the Freeagent as the other Seagate I found is out of stock (elsewhere). One thing I noticed is that it doesn't appear to come with an eSata cable? This would be my first choice interface.


fobose said:
Buy yourself a seagate hard drive and a seperate external caddie such as an icybox?
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With this sort of combo, can you recommend some software to backup folders automatically (Vista x64)? Is any particular combination of drive and caddy preferable?
 
Cant recommend any software. Just tried acronis true image home 11 and what a pile of trash that is. It has a kiddy UI, and you have to have the application installed to open the "backup" files (restore them). I just want to be able to sync a folder. MS Sync toy would be cool if it actually worked with Vista64.
 
Im looking for a 2.5 inch drive for use in an external case, 120gb idealy and not over £50, would anybody recommend a Fujitsu?
 
Hi there, Im looking to get an external drive, prob no bigger than 500GB, ideally one that is just powered through USB (dont really want one that requires plugging into the mains) and does not have any Vista issue for as cheap as possible...any recommendations?
 
PC Muppet said:
Hi there, Im looking to get an external drive, prob no bigger than 500GB, ideally one that is just powered through USB (dont really want one that requires plugging into the mains) and does not have any Vista issue for as cheap as possible...any recommendations?
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No chance. You need a 2.5" laptop drive for it to be bus-powered from USB and they top out at 320Gb. 500Gb is 3.5" territory which requires a power brick.
 
I have the 500GB WD My Book (its the one with the green light on front)
Its Ok I guess, a bit slow sometimes.
Mine says 2 year warrenty on the box btw
 
PC Muppet said:
Hi there, Im looking to get an external drive, prob no bigger than 500GB, ideally one that is just powered through USB (dont really want one that requires plugging into the mains) and does not have any Vista issue for as cheap as possible...any recommendations?
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As far as I am aware, all the ones in OcUK's Portable External section are USB-powered. I think all drives in any of the "Desktop External" sections are powered from the mains.
 
Portable was the main criterial really, the 500GB was just a bonus as I wasnt really sure what is out on the market at the moment...it seems there are 320 GB units, which would be fine.

Thanks all for the help.
 
All the drives in our "Portable External" section are bus-powered.

Regarding the 500GB Notebook Drives...A lot of vendors have issued press releases saying they've been released but actually getting them is another matter. The other issue is that the currently released drives are 12.5mm. Just got to wait for the 9.5mm and if Samsung are first to release then it could be a good amount of time until we have them.
 
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